Saturday 13:35: WAF mPV

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1 6 Hooker Steven AUS
2 147 Walker Brad USA
3 144 Stevenson Toby USA
4 42 Börgeling Lars GER
5 64 Sawano Daichi JPN
6 5 Burgess Paul AUS
7 47 Schulze Fabian GER
8 45 Lobinger Tim GER

(5.50, 5.65, 5.75, 5.82, 5.87, 5.92, 5.97, 6.02)

[tafnut]

Burgess wins, Lobinger and Crash tied for 2nd. All three at 5.82.

[26mi235]

Why did Lobinger and Stevenson pass at 5.87? They were both down a miss at 5.82 and 5.92 (19'5) is not an easy height to clear.

[BruceFlorman]

All four who were still alive passed 5.87 then failed at 5.92. Maybe they were all worried about missing the start of happy hour.

Pole Vault men
             550 565 575 582 587 592 597 602
1 Burgess    -   o   -   o   -   xxx
2 Stevenson  o   o   xo  xxo -   xxx
2 Lobinger   o   o   xo  xxo -   xxx
4 Schulze    o   xo  o   xxx
5 Hooker     -   -   xo  -   -   xxx
6 Sawano     o   o   xxx
7 Walker     -   xo  -   xxx
8 Borgeling  xxo -   xxx

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Official Result - Men - Pole Vault


Printable versionOfficial Report Last Updated: 15:24:52 CET 09/09/2006


Pos Bib Athlete Nat Mark Order




1 5 Burgess Paul AUS 5.82 6


2 144 Stevenson Toby USA 5.82 (SB) 3


2 45 Lobinger Tim GER 5.82 8


4 47 Schulze Fabian GER 5.75 7


5 6 Hooker Steven AUS 5.75 1


6 64 Sawano Daichi JPN 5.65 5


7 147 Walker Brad USA 5.65 2


8 42 Börgeling Lars GER 5.50 4


Athlete 550 565 575 582 587 592

Burgess Paul - O - O - XXX
Stevenson Toby O O XO XXO - XXX
Lobinger Tim O O XO XXO - XXX
Schulze Fabian O XO O XXX
Hooker Steven - - XO - - XXX
Sawano Daichi O O XXX
Walker Brad - XO - XXX
Börgeling Lars XXO - XXX

[tafnut]

Anyone see why Walker couldn't clear higher (besides - he kept knocking the bar down!) ?

[AS]

Anyone see why Walker couldn't clear higher (besides - he kept knocking the bar down!) ?

Intimidated by the hulking Aussies??

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Apparently had very good height on final attempt, but came down on bar

[BruceFlorman]

Apparently had very good height on final attempt, but came down on bar

That's how it looks to me.

[Grazerism]

Why did Walker and Hooker take such big passes when so much was at stake? Walker came in at 5.65/18-6.5, passed up to 5.82/19-1 and went out. Hooker started at 5.75/18-10.25, passed up to 5.92/19-5 and went out. Lobinger and Stevenson went the slow-and-steady route--and wound up with a lot more money (and ranking capital).

[AS]

How's the No.1 ranking shaping up here?

Pitting top 3 vaulters (Walker, Hooker, Burgess) against each other produces a pretty consistent spread of wins, marks etc...

Walker:
1st WIC 5.82
1st Gateshead 5.85
1st Tel Aviv 5.90
1st Zurich 5.85 (vs Burgess (=2nd), Hooker (=2nd))
1st Rieti 5.87 (vs Hooker (2nd), Burgess (3rd))
1st Karlsruhe 5.80
1st Jockgrim 6.00 (vs Burgess (2nd))
3rd Rome GL 5.72 (vs Burgess (1st), Hooker (2nd))
= 3rd USATF 5.60
=4th Berlin 5.71 (vs Hooker (1st), Burgess (2nd))
7th WAF 5.65 (vs Burgess (1st), Hooker (5th))

So 2-3 vs Hooker, and 3-3 vs Burgess

Hooker
1st Melbourne 5.91
1st Comm Games 5.80 (vs Burgess (nh))
1st Berlin 5.96 (vs Burgess (2nd), Walker (=4th))
1st Helsinki 5.83 (vs Burgess (=4th))
2nd Rome GL 5.77 (vs Burgess (1st), Walker (3rd))
=2nd Zurich 5.85 (vs Walker (1st), Burgess (=2nd))
2nd Rieti 5.82 (vs Walker (1st), Burgess (3rd))
5th WAF 5.75 (vs Burgess (1st), Walker (7th))

So 3-2 vs Walker, and 4-2 vs Burgess

Burgess
1st Perth 5.85
1st Osaka 5.75
1st Rome GL 5.77 (vs Hooker (2nd), Walker (3rd))
1st Mannheim 5.92
1st WAF 5.82 (vs Hooker (5th), Walker (7th))
2nd Berlin 5.91 (vs Hooker (1st), Walker (=4th))
=2nd Zurich 5.85 (vs Walker (1st), Hooker (=2nd))
2nd Jockgrim 5.82 (vs Walker (1st)
3nd Rieti 5.82 (vs Walker (1st), Hooker 2nd))
3rd Athens 5.75
=4th Helsinki 5.83 (vs Hooker (1st))
nh Comm Games (vs Hooker (1st))

So 2-4 vs Hooker, and 3-3 vs Walker

Who's the pick?

[polevaultpower]

I guess it depends on how much you look at the end of the season versus the year as a whole.

I think Walker had a marginally better year overall. I don't know if it is entirely fair to count heavily against him for falling apart at the end of the season, considering it was a World Indoor Championships year.

World Cup won't be much help since only Hooker will be there.

If Hooker jumps 6.00+ at the World Cup I'd probably say give it to him.

[AS]

The World Indoor issue is an interesting one also. The Aussie pair chose not to go there as it was within a week of the Comm Games...

I'm not sure it's a reasonable argument to say Walker's form should be allowed to decline since he was peaking back in march, when both Hooker and Burgess also had big early year campaigns (just down here)...

[El Toro]

You also can't say that the Australian season was weak when you have those two plus Markov competing regularly against each other.